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Archive for February, 2008

A Very Dangerous Bet

Monday, February 25th, 2008

Unlike horse racing, people especially the players cannot bet as freely as they like in tennis, and what will happen if some “unlucky dog” is caught betting in the session of the match. Giorgio Galimberti, an Italian tennis player is a lively victim. He was suspended for 100 days and fined 35,000 dollars for betting […]

Taiwan remains thorn in Beijing’s otherwise rosy outlook for Olympics

Friday, February 8th, 2008

As the Olypics’ approaching, China is getting more and more prepared. To leave nothing to chance, almost everyone is out, but there are still some people from somewhere thinking,planning and doing something opposite. The main part of this stream is come from our own country, Taiwan which is the thorn […]

The Unnecessary Vote

Saturday, February 2nd, 2008

What is vote for? In the past, vote meant democracy but how about now? Is it still only means ideas from people, from the public, and filtering out the most common one? Gone with the time, the society has already changed the essence of many words, and vote is one of […]